Police and Fire Report: Accidental firearm discharge damages home

ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE: No one was hurt when a man accidentally fired a rifle in his house and the bullet struck a neighbor's house. Battle Creek police reported the incident in the first block of Woolnough Street about 10:21 p.m. Thursday. The man, 20, said he was admiring an old Russian rifle he owns but didn't know it was loaded. He pulled the trigger and the rifle fired and the bullet passed through his house and struck his neighbor's home. One person was inside but she was not hurt and did not know about the incident until police arrived. The owner of the gun called officers after the discharge. Police seized the gun for 30 days and the neighbor said he will seek and submit an estimate to the owner of the gun to have repairs done to the house.

POLICE JACKET RECOVERED: A Battle Creek man, 26, was arrested on charges of possession of stolen property, resisting police and possession of marijuana after officers were called to the 100 block of Battle Creek Avenue to investigate a disturbance about 10:49 p.m. Friday. A resident told police the man was causing problems and also said he was wearing a leather jacket with Battle Creek police patches and sergeant's stripes. Police began looking for the man and eventually found him hiding under a bed at a home on Bradford Street. Officers also found the police jacket. Police said they learned the jacket, owned by a retired officer, had been taken a week earlier from a restaurant.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:

? A man, 20, was arrested after his girlfriend, 21, said she was assaulted in the 200 block of West Spaulding Avenue about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

? A man, 52, was arrested after his girlfriend, 42, said she was assaulted in the 200 block of Garfield Avenue about 12:50 p.m. Saturday.

? A woman, 24, was arrested after her, former boyfriend, 25, said he was assaulted in the first block of East Grand Circle Avenue about 2:32 p.m. Friday.

? A man, 31, was arrested after his girlfriend, 29, said she was assaulted in the first block of Byron Street about 2:35 a.m. Sunday.